Easiest way to transfer from 1 MacB to new MacB

I have a MacBook Pro version 10.4.9 and I just bought a new one with tons of new features, but it's 17'' MacBook Pro. I am somewhat capabale of doing medium range computer tasks, but what my question is is what is the easiest/least complicated/safest way to transfer material from my old MB to my new MacBook?

Thanks that helped a lot. I see where that is in my Utilities folder but just to help me understand a bit better...
Step one: connect firewire cable
Step two: open Migration Assistant
ORRRR,
Step one: connect FW cable
Step two: "start up in Target Mode and transfer the files across individually" --- what exactly does that mean?
And which is easier or more time efficient.

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I have a new iMac on the way and my current is from 2008, never had a problem but I am sure there are internal issues that I would prefer not to transfer.
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LarryHN wrote:
That does not create a backup since the photos are on the same disk as the iphoto library, it simply wastes disk space - when the computer or the disk fails or the computer is stolen everything is gone as it is all in the same place - to have a backup you need a copy on a different disk - if you drag the photo from the external disk onto the iPhoto icon in the the dock iPhoto will import them (be sure that the default setting for "copy imported items to the iPHoto library" is checked - do not uncheck it - then you will have the photos in iPhoto and a backup on the external drive
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What?
I did mention using an external drive, did i not? Copying the photos to the external drive, and then copying the photos from the external drive to the mac. means they now exist in the external drive as well as the new Mac, the external drive is now effectively a backup of the photos. .
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